Gay film legislating love

Same-sex marriage in Australia has been legal since 9 December Legislation to allow same-sex marriagethe Marriage Amendment Definition and Religious Freedoms Actpassed the Australian Parliament on 7 December and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day. The law came into effect on 9 December, immediately recognising overseas same-sex marriages.

Although the gay community is most affected by the unconstitutionality of DOMA, this is not just a gay issue. It's a slippery slope. One of the driving reasons behind the production of this film is to make the public aware of the fact that depending on the political climate, rights can be taken away from any group of people by the President and the Legislature — to encourage the public's active participation in monitoring laws that are unconstitutional and working to get them repealed.

The prime minister made the comments in a message of support to the organisers of this weekend's march in London. Peter Tatchell, the prominent gay rights campaigner and founder of the group Pride, said he would march with Mrs Brown. He promised not to try to embarrass her despite an earlier row when he was not invited to a Downing Street reception for gay community leaders.

Pride House Manchester will be based at Taurus Bar, no. To read more go here. To find out about the Russia with Love February 8th event go here.

Sign in. R min Comedy, Music. Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret. R min Comedy, Drama.

Civil rights advocates are condemning a proposed Texas law they say opens the door to discrimination against the LGBT community and religious minorities. Advocates fear that barring state agencies that issue occupational licenses from penalizing workers who refuse services based on religious beliefs would essentially give workers a free pass to discriminate in the name of religion. Many state legislatures across the country have implemented legislation to extend protections for LGBT people in the last several years, with bipartisan support, such as in Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, where governors from both parties signed executive orders pledging protection from workplace discrimination, though this has not come without pushback from conservative party leaders.

April 2,marks the 20th Anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Vriend v Alberta, which made discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal across Canada. Twenty years ago, I remember a jubilant Thursday evening. My co-workers at A-Channel did not seem to think it was such a big deal.